Attempted coup d'etat in the USSR in 1991

August 20-30, 1991. USSR. Moscow. The monument to the pioneer hero Pavlik Morozov in the Pavlik Morozov Children's Park in the Krasnopresnensky District, toppled from its pedestal during the riots during the attempted coup d'etat in the USSR. The monument, by sculptor Isaak Moiseevich Rabinovich, was erected on December 19, 1948. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Valery Khristoforov/TASS